Climate change is expected to alter stream temperature and flow regimes over the coming decades, which will in turn influence distributions of aquatic species in those freshwater ecosystems. The NorEast web portal serves as a coordinated, multi-agency regional framework to map and store stream temperature locations and data for states in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Great Lakes regions.
The Habitat Enhancement and Restoration Unit of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources (GADNR) fishery targeting tunas, wahoo, and dolphin. This map provides details on each reef, such as the depth, the materials used, and the regulations attached to the reef.
Inshore Artificial Reef (IOR) Map: Georgia’s inshore artificial reefs have been constructed in tidal creeks and rivers to address development efforts in response to coastal expansion and a rapidly growing inshore recreational fishery.
This web application, published on Esri's Story Map platform, features three metrics that influence plant growth and survival:
Climate change is expected to alter species distributions, modify ecological processes, and exacerbate environmental degradation. To offset these effects, the need for strategic land conservation is greater than ever. The Nature Conservancy’s Resilient and Connected Landscapes project comprehensively maps resilient lands and significant climate corridors across Eastern North America. The study took eight years to complete, involved 60 scientists, and developed innovative new techniques for mapping climate-driven movements.
Ecosystems across the nation will be increasingly affected by a changing climate. Understanding and evaluating the climate change impacts that may impact a particular region or system is an important first step in adapting to climate change. This interactive map can help users explore how climate change may affect the region and ecosystems that they work within.
This self-assessment tool in downloadable PDF format was developed for port and marine industry leaders. It serves as a simple and inexpensive method of assessing if ports and the regional marine transportation sector are prepared to maintain operations during and after disasters.
Developed by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium for tourism industry leaders and businesses, this tool in downloadable PDF form is a simple and inexpensive method of predicting if individual tourism businesses—and the regional tourism industry—are prepared to maintain operations during and after disasters. The coastal tourism industry can use the index to identify strengths and weaknesses in its system; the index helps to identify action items that the industry can work toward to address system vulnerabilities and maintain long-term viability.
Find out what’s happening in your ocean area: Draw a custom area anywhere in U.S. waters or pick from a predefined list of locations to get instant custom reports. Reports include descriptive infographics and supporting data that can be used for offshore planning, permitting, environmental review, public relations, and more. New features allow printing by industry, sharing, and adding custom coordinates.
Report topics include:
This analysis examines what's at risk for U.S. coastal real estate from sea level rise. Millions of Americans living in coastal communities will face more frequent and disruptive high-tide flooding; as this flooding increases, it will reach a threshold where normal routines become impossible and coastal residents, communities, and businesses are forced to make difficult, often costly choices. For this analysis, that threshold is defined as flooding that occurs 26 times per year (on average, once every other week) or more, a level of disruption referred to as chronic inundation.
This tool brings together real-time water levels, 48-hour forecasts of water levels, and historic flooding information into one online tool to help decision makers and coastal residents understand both short-term risks—such as an approaching hurricane or nor’easter—as well as longer-term risks, such as high-tide flooding and sea level rise. Boaters and fishermen can use the tool to get information on their latest local tides.